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• At age 23, contracted lupus, which caused the scars on his face.
• Worked as an electrical engineer and a designer of leather clothing before his music career took off. Also designed his own early look, which consisted of leather clothes and long dreadlocks.
• Joined a funk band called Push that toured Japan in the mid-1980s.
• In 1992, received three Brit awards for Best Album, Best Male Artist and Best Video for "Killer," a hit song he recorded with techno producer Adam "Adamski" Tinley.